After two albums that mostly contained covers from legendary metal bands such as Metallica, Sepultura, and Pantera among others, Apocalyptica managed to release this piece of work that features only three covers, while the rest of the album is originally written by them. Cult was also Apocalyptica's first album that included some instruments they never played before, like electric cellos, percussions, and guest vocals in the Special Edition of the album for the volumen 2 of Path and Hope. On the other hand, it was the last album performed by four cellos, as Max Lilja left the band some time after the release of Cult.